Thursday, June 11, 2009

Long Lines

Long lines in Iran: tens of thousands of people forming a human chain 12 miles across Tehran in support of presidential candidate Hossein Mousavi (the election is tomorrow). Who will count the votes?

Long lines in Russia: a couple hundred miles of jammed traffic stretching from a small factory town of Pikalyovo, 130 miles from St. Petersburg. Putin is now the populist, scolding the oligarchs for not having proper social concerns as they operate their factories. Unemployment in Russia is now 14%. If oil prices soar once again, don't look to Russia to play an especially helpful role with Iran.

1 comment:

Terri Wagner said...

Hard to say about Russia and Iran. They are strange bedfellows. We think western they think eastern.